Where did this statement come from? Maybe a farmer, who had run out of food for his hog with no money to buy more hog food, turned his hog out into the fields and woods to forage for himself.

The hog would find acorns in the woods to help satisfy his hunger and then he would have to root for more dinner.

And so it is "Root, hog, or die." It is simple, some effort must be forthcoming or the hog will die.

So it was during the Great Depression. It was "root hog or die" for people, as well as pigs.

Credits Production

Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers

Music

Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives!

Music for this podcast may include the following:

Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)

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Keep It In Your Heart (ID 899) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA)

PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY)

When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain

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